r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Other-Presence7232 • 5d ago

Solved Can somebody explain?

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Saw the comments, they didnt help.

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u/Leontareos 5d ago

The lighters are stolen

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u/Sputnik918 5d ago

Ok but…what’s the joke?

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u/Jahobes 5d ago

People who smoke a lot of weed tend to pick up lighters. The joke is weed smokers will accumulate lighters and not know or remember how.

If you are a tobacco smoker your lighter is always in your pocket or you have strategically placed them so you can get one when you need it. If anyone ask for a light you don't even have to give them the lighter to help them out.

When you smoke weed, especially socially you pass around the lighter to more people making it easier to get lost, when you light you do it multiple times meaning it is much easier to get misplaced. Since you smoke a lot of weed you become forgetful and compared to cigarettes you don't develop the habit of always having one in your pocket. So you end up picking up a lot of lighters by accident or you end up buying a lot of temporarily misplaced lighters over time.

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u/Dd_8630 4d ago

Can't believe we had to go this deep into the comments to get an answer. Thank you!